Archie Bruce – Wembley

Archie Bruce, the young Batley Bulldogs and Dewsbury Moor player whose death in France last weekend stunned Rugby League, will be remembered in a minute’s applause before the Coral Challenge Cup Final at Wembley on Saturday.

The minute’s applause, to celebrate his life, will be held before the crowd are invited to join in singing the traditional Cup Final anthem, Abide with Me.

It will be preceded by the Warners Champion Schools Final for Year 7 Boys, between Standish Community High School of Wigan, and Great Sankey High School – the first Warrington school to participate in the Steven Mullaney Memorial Match.

Those boys will then join a Pitch Parade also including all the participants from the London Rugby League Challenge Cup Primary RL Festival which is being staged at The Hive in Barnet on Saturday morning as part of Rugby League’s Sky Try programme – with 18 clubs taking part in Under-7s, Under-9s and Under-11s competitions (full list below).

Representatives of 19 of the community clubs, schools, colleges and Universities to have received CreatedBy funding as part of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup’s InspirationALL legacy programme will also be presented to the crowd (full details below).

Taylor Prescott is due to deliver the Challenge Cup Final match ball to the centre spot exactly as his father Steve did 10 years ago – after a gruelling overland journey from Perpignan, as part of the ongoing fund-raising efforts for the Steve Prescott Foundation in memory of the former St Helens, Hull and Wakefield Trinity full-back, and his inspirational defiance of a rare form of cancer. Taylor and a group of Steve’s former friends and teammates will run a half marathon from Uxbridge to Wembley on Saturday morning to complete their journey, after cycling thousands of miles through France and then rowing a dragon boat 26 miles down the River Thames. They will also join the pre-match Pitch Parade.

London Rugby League Challenge Cup Primary RL Festival – the following community clubs will be taking part at The Hive in Barnet on Saturday morning, as part of Rugby League’s Sky Try programme, and joining the Warners Champion Schools finalists in a pitch parade prior to the Coral Challenge Cup Final.

West Bank Bears

North West Counties

Bassetlaw Bulldogs RLFC

Midlands

Black Swans RLFC

Midlands

West Bowling

Yorkshire Junior League

Beverley Braves

Yorkshire Junior League

Batley Boys

Yorkshire Junior League

Eastern Rhinos

London Junior League

Brixton Bulls

London Junior League

New Ravens

Midlands

Elmbridge Eagles

London Junior League

Pilkington Recs

North West Counties

Moorfield

North West Counties

Richmond

London Junior League

London Skolars

London Junior League

Southampton Spitfires

London Junior League

Medway Dragons

London Junior League

Catterick Crusaders

North East Rugby League

Sussex Merlins

London Junior League

RLWC2021 CreatedBy – the following recipients of capital grants as part of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup’s InspirationALL legacy programme will be in attendance, and presented to the crowd:

Bank Quay Bulls Amateur Rugby League Football Club (Warrington)

Kings Langley School (Dacorum)

Aspatria Hornets Amateur Rugby League Football Club (Allerdale)

South Leeds Spartans Amateur Rugby League Football Club

Golborne High School (Wigan)

Cardinal Newman Catholic High School (Warrington)

Wigan St Judes Amateur Rugby League Football Club

Ashley High School (Widnes)

Richmond Rugby League Club

Salford Community Leisure Trust on behalf of Salford Roosters Amateur Rugby League Football Club

Castleford Tigers Women Development

Shevington Sharks Amateur Rugby League Football Club (Wigan)